Example sentences of "she wished [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 She wished they did .
2 The village , comprising forty-nine houses , solidly built and dry , with plastered walls , was upon her land and she wished it cleared .
3 She wished he 'd intended it .
4 She wished he had been here when that unpleasant Mr Coleby had called .
5 Lucenzo burst into laughter himself , and she wished he had n't , a sharp jolt of awareness rocketing through her body at the dazzling transformation of his face and the deep , warm sound that had travelled through her to her tingling toes .
6 Somehow she wished he had not said that .
7 She wished he had a letter for Alice instead ; it would be more romantic .
8 His flesh was white velvet with a subdued sheen on it and his nipples were bright pink , pink as the parakeet , but he filled the room with his smell of sweat and sleep and she wished he did not breathe through his mouth .
9 She wished she shared his confidence .
10 Clarissa said she wished she thought so and looked gloomier still .
11 And at sixteen she wished she had never been born .
12 She wished she had n't watched the match .
13 Immediately , she wished she had kept her mouth shut .
14 She wished she had a gun , the more powerful the better .
15 And almost immediately she wished she had n't .
16 She wished she had n't seen the broken railings , or that whoever was in the bath chair had not elected to come out just then .
17 And Lady Paignton , whom you met yesterday , is always saying she wished she had somebody to do shopping for her .
18 Then , why should she ; then , all at once , she wished she had , she was propositioned .
19 She wished she had taken a chance and kept Angel , for there was no lessening of the pain that parting with her had caused , and no comfort to be found in Newcastle Place .
20 She wished she had a stronger conviction that the Infant of Prague might be any earthly use in keeping her son safe on this terrible machine .
21 Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so .
22 She wished she had listened when Doc Threadneedle tried to tell her about her brain .
23 She wished she had been born into a different age , an age when women had been allowed to be more than a decorative possession .
24 In the scorching heat she had felt as if she would pass out ; now she wished she had .
25 She had told Tom she would not go with them today but now she wished she had .
26 She wished she had worn her new suit , but she consoled herself that at the moment he did n't care what she looked like .
27 She had little money for clothes , but that did not matter ; it did not even matter , much , to her , though sometimes she wished she had more than two dresses , one pink , one grey .
28 The latter was now staring at the Van Gogh boats and the milky sea and sky through poppy-scarlet lenses , which Frederica thought was perverse , although she wished she had the courage to ask for a moment to put them on , to see all this .
29 She wished she had n't come .
30 She wished she had worn some make-up , then chastised herself for such a feeble thought .
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